Fencepost



I. A. REYNOLDS.

F ENCEPOST;

APPLICATION FILED AUG.23, 1919.

Patented Mar. 16, 1920.

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ISAAC A. REYNOLDS, OF PITTSBORO, INDIANA.

FENCEFOST.

Specification of Letters latent.

Application filed. August 2 3, 1919. Serial No. 319,421.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Isaac A. RnrnoLns, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Pittsboro, county of Hendricks, and State of Indiana,have invented a certain new and useful Fencepost; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, inwhich likenumerals refer to like parts.

This invention relates to a fence post and particularly to that type ofpost adaptable for corners and gates, whereby the post will be firmlyanchored to withstand the strain exerted by the tension of the fence.

The main object of this invention to provide an anchorage for the postwhich will be entirely hidden and concealed beneath the ground, but atthe same time anchor the post from the top. This is accomplished byproviding a web base haying anchoring rods extending from the endsthereof into the post beneath the surface of theyground, said anchoringrods being secured at their inner ends to the top of the post insidethereof.

Byv means of this construction, not only a post of neat appearance isprovided, but a "very staple and strongly braced. post, which will befirmly anchored in the ground by means invisible above the groundsurface.

The full nature of this invention will be fully understood from theaccompanying drawings and the following description and claims.

cross section through the post and anchor.

Fig. 3 is a section taken .on the line 33 of;

Fig. 2.

In'the' drawings there is shown a hollow cylindrical -metal fence post10, which is mounted on a Web anchoring base 11 having with a pluralityof radially extending arms provided with slits or holes in their extremeends in which are engaged anchoring rods 12 by means of the nuts 18screwed on the end thereof. The radial arms are provided with fins 14;extending longitudinally thereof and a central projection 15 over whichthe bottom of the hollow post is adapted to fit for holding it in place.The post 10 is provided with a plurality of longitudinal slots 16, eachslot corresponding to an arm 11 and placed in said post at a pointwherein they will be below the surface of the ground when the post isset. The rods 12 are adapted to extend through said slots into saidposts so as to have their heads 17 engaged by the anchoring disk 18which is provided with radial slots corresponding to the longitudinalslots 16. The disk 18 is secured to a cap 19 mounted on top of the post,by the central rod 20, which is adaptedto cause the disk 18 to pull theanchoring rods taut when the nut 21 is tightly screwed on the rod 20.

By means of this construction, when the anchoring base is -firmly set inthe ground, it will anchor the post through the medium of the anchoringrods, firmly upon the top thereof, and at the same time the anchoringand bracing of the post will be entirely invisible above the surface ofthe round.

or boiler tubingmounted on a cast iron baseand assembled with aplurality of tie rods.

However, in place of tie rods, cables could be used as well, and,therefore, it is contemplated that thisinventionand the claims thereforbe restricted to the use of rods and where the term rod is used, theterm cable may be substituted therefor without departing from theinvention set forth.

The invention claimed is:

1. A fence post comprising in combination a tubular upright member, ananchor ing base upon which said member is mount ed, said base having aplurality of openings upon its outer edge, said upright member beingprovided with a similar number of longitudinal slots between the endsthereof, a slot and an opening lying in substantially the same verticalplane, a similar number of tie rods engageable in said openings andextending upwardly and inwardly throu h the associated slots, a capmounted upon t e upper end of said tubular member to close the same, arod suspended. centrally from said cap and extending downwardly withinsaid member, a disk supported by said rod and slidable within saidtubular member adjacent said longitudinal slots, said disk having asimilar number of slots, each of said slots being positioned adjacent alonseat said tie rods which extends through said longitudinal slots andinto said tubular member, and means associated With said disk supportingrod for drawing said disk upwardly to tauten said tie rods to brace saidtubular member and secure the tie rods, disk, supporting rod and thetubular member in adjusted position.

' 2. A fence post comprising in eo1nbination a tubular upright memberclosed at its upper end, an anchoring base upon which said member ismounted, said base having a plurality of'openings upon its outer edge,said upright member between the ends thereof being provided with asimilar number of longitudinal slots, each slot being p0- sitioned in'avertical plane including one of said openings, a similar numberof tierods having one end engageable in said openings and extending upwardlythrough the corresponding slot into said tubular member, a (115kpositioned transversely of said tubular member and longitudinallyslidable therein,

said disk being provided with a similar tautensaid tie rods and bracesaid tubular member, said means securing said disk in the tautenedposition,

In witness whereof I have hereunto atfixed my signature.

ESAAG A. REYNOLDS.

